This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Stevenage holding 23rd place and Bolton Wanderers lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Stevenage nor Bolton Wanderers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Stevenage form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Stevenage have to build on here at The Lamex Stadium in the League Two. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
Stevenage shared the glory with Northampton Town (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A 1-1 draw away in the League Two before that, with Morecambe the opponent.
This is expected to be a close game, with Stevenage perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stevenage as a small favourite), we find ten games. Stevenage has won three of these, drawn five and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stevenage, as the League Two home game vs Port Vale is only three days away.
Stevenage have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Stevenage are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Lamex Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bolton Wanderers in their League Two matches away.
J. Hickman, J. Mascoll and A. Gnahoua scored in Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Newcastle United U21 that ended 3-2. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Salford City in the League Two.
What a finish in the last match, as Wanderers came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through J. Mascoll's goal in the 85th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Bolton Wanderers, one draw and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wanderers manager I. Evatt as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Scunthorpe United.
Bolton Wanderers find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. For Wanderers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sarcevic 3 goals |  N. Delfouneso 3 goals | E. Doyle 3 goals |
Stevenage missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Stevenage | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 8% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 58% | 80% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | 77 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 60 | 133 |
| 44 | 25 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 16% | 12% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 46% | 35% |
- All of Bolton Wanderers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bolton Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Walsall | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Barrow | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |